The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
HYBRIDIZATION.
Some Of Ny Experience and Experiment.
in Horticulture Agriculture.

times | succeeded very well. sometimes
no results whatever could be seen. even
| if took the greatest pains in bringing
the pollen dust of one plant to the apex
of the pistl of another of the same nat
ural order. This experience brought me
Ia the conclusion Ia make closer exam
nations To find out the real cause of the
failure. Having taken all points into con-
siieration. finally was led To the OBJ
servatiOn of the atmosphere, thinking
that the influence of electricity may have
something Ia do with il and by this in
vtstigatiOn | was convinced, that my
opinion was the right one. In
hot weather. when the paraylizing sun
rests upon the lovely children of Flora |
found that the activity of nerves in the
| life of plants reached such state of de-
preston that even the stigma of any
flower appeared perfectly dry and there
fore unfit for the reception of the pollen
dust, but as soon as the positive and neg
ative electricity of the atmosphere bal
anced the activity of the nerves in
| the life of plants went Immediately into
a refreshing state, showing the liquid
| eNudation ON the apex of the pistil. the
condition necessary for naturalization.
According Ia this observation | made
the following experiments:
| HYBRIDLZATIoN or PoLYANTHA ROSES.
During the month of September. lssj.
| made a crossing between the two Poly
antha roses viz: between Migonette and
| Parquerette ami from this experiment |
was happy enough Ia gian one ripe fruit.
| The seed of il was sown Immediately.
which took place the 2,tl of April, 1885.
and having been buried for several
| months. the day of resurrection fol-
| lowed. The Seeding became "A genuine
| dwarf. "A real gem of nature. While
| reaching the height of ON" and one-half
| inches only, it commenced to form its
lovely bud, the full grown rose expanded
her we'll formed leaves two weeks later,
| appearing not larger than small pea and
| according To- its perfectness named this
sweet little child of Flora, My Oar
| ling" As soon as full description of
| this gem of nature had been Published in
| THE PALATKA NEWS. a good many Wis
itors came Ia my place and am proud
To say. that My Darling found 50 many
| admirers.
| HYBRID PERPETUAL. ROSES HYBRIDIZED.
In February 1855 made crossing
between two Hybrid Perpetual Roses
| namely between La Refine and General
| Jacqueminot. | succeeded in earning one
| fruit The seed was sown in June and
4 n 4. A.
lings made their appearance. Two of
| them dieI. | believe of consumption of
| the lungs, for their leaves withered rap
idly, the third one however made "A nice
| start. and a. soon as he became more
| and more acquainted with his surround
| ing and with II the members of his re-
| lation he shows himself a strong grower.
| Many leaves have been produced during
| the first year but not one bud. Neither
| the frost of 1856 nor the cold wave of
| 1881, hurt the seedlings vitality on
the contrary the progress lac made we
| really astonishing. In the month of
| February counted three rose buds and
| by the middle of March the develop
ment of the flowers took place, worthy
| children of their prominent parents. re
sembling the character of both harmon
| iously. The roses are large, beautiful,
| finely formed. very full and double, de-
| liciously sweet, the outside of the petals
of "A delicate rose, the inside of a rich
crimson scarlet. delicately dashed with
"A violet color I'm rememberance of my
dear sister l named it Mira Maria"
well formed roses and after months
rest it is starting again vigorously.
THE EARLY ROSE AND THE PEACH-BLow
| POTATO.
The want Of good Irish potato is
very much felt in Palatka, even in the
State of Florida; inasmuch as the mn
| ported ones during the summer months
are mostly wrinkled, showing more or
less the degree of decomposition, while
the price we have to pay for them is Of
ten ridiculous. The question was laid
before me: Could We raise a potato
that will stand our climate and that will
produce tulsrs just in time when we
need them Instead of giving any ex-
planation. | went to work and made
crossing between the Early Rose and the
Peach-blow potato. From this hybrid
ization | earned eleven ripe berries. Dur
ing the month of January planted the
,-,.d AMI i'm about fortnight the seed
came up nicely. | transplanted the seed
lings first in one inch pots for that rea-
son To keep them back from growing,
and during the month of April ! replaced
them in the open ground, taking all tine
| care | could to save each and all Of the
plants But unfortunately some of my
chickens went over the fence, and hav-
ing been too much interested in their bo-
tanical and chronological researches. So
lected Just my potato spot for their pic
me ground; and whenI discovered the
, excursionists great many of my seed
lings were gone. About one hundred
/. plants / saved, and hope to earn from
. them any how as much seed potatoes
= necessary tD make a start. In the latter
part of February the Editor of THE PA
IATKA DAILY NEWS and Dr. Hoggson, o.
New York, called on me- and while look
ing around showed them my seedlings
- The editor laughed while looking at
the small plants, and at once ! conclu led
; To get even with him by calling my
I seed potatoes .'Palatka News" hoping
I. that those seedlings will show them
!. selves Just a. firm and solid. az fresh ana
[ nourishing a. THE PALATKA DAILY NEWS
I For if these seedlings will enrich by il
: wholesome food in the same degree tn
i body of their consumers as THE PALArKl